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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 20, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-388 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.I. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Debbie Pollart <br />Public Works Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution for Approval to Make Landscape Structures, Inc. <br />the Sole Source Supplier for City Parks Playground Equipment <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution to make Landscape Structures, <br />Inc. the sole source supplier for playground equipment proposed for future renovations and/or <br />new City park projects. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The existing playground equipment located throughout the City’s 17 parks is represented by a <br />variety of structure manufacturers. As parks have been independently developed over several <br />decades, and then renovated as different funding sources are found, there historically has <br />been no thought to product continuity. Having a variety of manufactured equipment to <br />maintain has given Public Works staff experience in equipment durability, ease of repair, as <br />well as availability and cost of replacement parts. <br />Analysis <br />As City parks have been developed over the past several decades, different playground <br />equipment manufacturers have been utilized for park construction projects. The variety in <br />equipment systems has allowed staff to assess and compare durability, ability to obtain <br />replacement parts (cost, as well as wait time), overall warranty parameters and customer <br />service. Staff’s opinion obtained through hours of work on the various equipment systems is <br />that play structures manufactured by Landscape Structures, Inc. are best for maintenance <br />purposes. <br />The following parks currently have Landscape Structures, Inc. playground equipment <br />installed: Toyon (Landscape Structures, Inc. is a partner with KaBoom!, who did the <br />renovation build in 2010); Stenzel; Cherry Grove; Memorial; Grover Cleveland; Washington <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/14/2015